in History of Fayette County,Pennsylvania by Franklin Ellis,1882, on page 732, 2nd paragraph:Richard Mills, “An old man of more than ninety, still living in Minnesota, was in his days a famous character in Redstone, and indeed a famous man from one end of the National Road to the other. He lived on a portion of the Hatfield place and was known far and near as a slave-trader. When the season would permit it, he traveled the road between Virgina points and the Monogahela in charge of gangs of slaves purchased in the Old Dominion. The sight of Dick Mills marching a company of slaves was a common one in the olden time.” End of quote.